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In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue’s co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what’s causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it.

While many parents have heard the rhetoric that vaccines are safe and effective and that the science is settled about the relationship between vaccines and autism, few realize that in the 1960s, American children received three vaccines compared to the thirty-eight they receive today. Or that when parents are told that the odds of an adverse reaction are “one in a million,” the odds are actually one in fifty. Or that in the 1980s, the rate of autism was one in ten thousand children. Today it’s one in thirty-six.

Parents, educators, and social service professionals around the country are sounding an alarm that we are in the midst of a devastating public health crisisone that corresponds in lockstep with an ever-growing vaccine schedule. Why do our public health officials refuse to investigate this properlyor even acknowledge it?

In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Handley confronts and dismantles the most common lies about vaccines and autism. He then lays out, in detail, what the truth actually is: new published science links the aluminium adjuvant used in vaccines to immune activation events in the brains of infants, triggering autism; and there is a clear legal basis for the statement that vaccines cause autism, including previously undisclosed depositions of prominent autism scientists under oath.

While Handley’s argument is unsparing, his position is ultimately moderate and constructive: we must continue to investigate the safety of vaccines, we must adopt a position of informed consent, and every individual vaccine must be considered on its own merits. This issue is far from settled. By refusing to engage with parents and other stakeholders in a meaningful way, our public health officials destroy the public trust and enable the suffering of countless children and families.

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About the Author

J.B. Handley is the co-founder and chairman of Generation Rescue, a non-profit organization focused on helping children recover from autism that was inspired by the journey of his son, Jamison, who was diagnosed with autism in 2004. He is also the co-producer of the documentary film Autism Yesterday and the co-founder of the Age of Autism blog. Handley co-founded Swander Pace Capital, a middle-market private equity firm with more than $1.5 billion under management where he served as managing director for two decades. He is an honors graduate of Stanford University and lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 The Lies about Vaccines and Autism

1 "There Is No Autism Epidemic" 15

2 "Vaccines Are Safe and Effective" 41

3 "The Science Is Settled" 84

4 "The Reward Is Never Financial" 105

Part 2 The Truth about Vaccines and Autism

5 Emerging Science and Vaccine-Induced Autism 141

6 The Clear Legal Basis that Vaccines Cause Autism 170

7 The Critical Mass of Parents All Saying the Same Thing 209

Part 3 A Reckoning to End the Epidemic

8 They Would Have Told Us 221

9 Next Steps: A Twelve-Point Proposal 233

10 Treatment and Recovery 242

Epilogue 249

Acknowledgments 251

Notes 253

Index 275

Editorial Reviews

“Addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time, J.B. Handley’s bookHow to End the Autism Epidemicshows us how we got here and what we need to do. It is a must read for every parent and health care professional.”Zen Honeycutt, Moms Across America

“J.B. Handley is arguably the world’s most thoughtful, sophisticated, knowledgeable, and indefatigable activist for children’s health and safety. As a frontline leader for fifteen years, Handley has led the big fistfight against the Pharma Cartel to force the issue, broadcast the science, and expose the lies behind the vaccine policies that have created an epidemic of chronic disease among our children. Handley has helped bring the issue of toxins in medical products and regulatory corruption to a tipping point. Handley’s advocacy has lifted the curtain of lies behind which the autism epidemic has sprouted. When we end this cataclysm, it will be thanks to the dogged character of people like J.B. Handley who have refused to rest in his battle to support parents, protect children, bring justice to injured families, and to punish those responsible for one of the worst scandals in American history. Please read this book and decide for yourself if you still believe that vaccines are ‘safe and effective.’”Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“I honestly believe J.B. Handley wrote the book that will end the autism epidemic. As I sit here now, in stillness, I want to jump up and down with excitement, but I’m holding back rivers of tears. He breaks down the scientific information in a way that doesn’t intimidate the reader. And he lets us know it’s okay to be angry. His soul, his fight, his love for his son radiates off the pages. Wow. Bravo, bravo.”Jenny McCarthy, author ofLouder Than Words; coauthor of Healing and Preventing Autism

“This book is inspired, powerful, the unadulterated truth, and a must read. We have sacrificed too many children at the vaccine altar while our blind belief in the CDC and AAP, government, and the media has prevented us from seeing the conflicts of interest that enable big business and Big Pharma to profit at the expense of our children’s health. How to End the Autism Epidemic is one family’s story, but it is sadly also a story shared by millions of families. A beautiful normal baby, vaccinated, and then lost to autism and all the horrible medical conditions associated with immune devastation and brain toxicity. Thank you, J.B., for sharing your story and wisdom. Parents and future parents: Read this book now, and say No to business as usual and the status quo. If your pediatrician has not yet done his or her own research and is just parroting the ‘vaccines are safe and effective’ marketing phrase, it is time for you to get a new pediatrician.”Paul Thomas, MD, coauthor of The Vaccine-Friendly Plan and The Addiction Spectrum

“I encourage everyone to read How to End the Autism Epidemic, which has the potential to spark a thoughtful and thorough review of how we can stop vaccine injuries among our nation’s children. A dedicated and passionate advocate for medical freedom, J.B. is also a father who has lived the experience no parent would want to endure. His life’s work is making sure everyone gets the information they need and vaccine-injured children and their families get the justice they deserve.”Tim Knopp, Oregon State Senator

“As parents our job is to be concerned about our children’s health. Yet every day in doctors’ offices around the country, American parents are told we are being ‘irresponsible’ or ‘selfish’ just for asking questions about vaccines. We all want to keep our children safe and healthy, both from infectious diseases and from overexposure to toxins. It’s reasonable to be concerned that there are too many vaccines on the schedule and that medications like antibiotics, acetaminophen, and ADHD drugs are being over-prescribed. What’s a worried parent to do? For starters, read this book! Sharing his personalstory as the father of a boy with autism and taking a close look at the most recent and rigorous science, Stanford-educated J.B. Handley shows how the CDC’s aggressive childhood vaccine schedule is connected to the astonishing rise in autism in the United States. How to End the Autism Epidemic is a direct challenge to the American public health establishment and a gift to the millions of parents who find themselves caught in the crosshairsuncertain of what to think or doof the seemingly intractable debate about vaccines.”Jennifer Margulis, PhD, author of Your Baby, Your Way; coauthor of The Vaccine-Friendly Plan

“I have been thinking about the toxicity of aluminum for thirty-five years. It is my life’s work. Before we completed our recent research on aluminum in brain tissue in autism, I could not see a direct link between human exposure to aluminum and autism. I certainly saw no immediate role for aluminum adjuvants in vaccines in autism. The missing link was a mechanism whereby the brain would be subjected to an acute exposure to aluminum, for example, as occurs in aluminum-induced dialysis encephalopathy. Pro-inflammatory cells, some originating from blood and lymph, heavily loaded with a cargo of aluminum in brain tissue in autism provided that missing link. We all tolerate the toxicity of aluminum adjuvants in vaccines. Unfortunately, some of us are predisposed to suffer, as opposed to tolerate, the toxicity of aluminum adjuvants, and this may cause autism.

“Autism is a disease, and it is not inevitable. J.B. Handley’s elegant synthesis of what we know and what we need to know argues that autism could and should be preventable. I agree with him.”Professor Christopher Exley, PhD, fellow, Royal Society of Biology; professor of bioinorganic chemistry, Keele University

“J.B. Handley tells it like it is. His new book is a masterful synthesis of all the latest threads of autism: the controversies, the science, the legal and policy battles, and the human dimension of the ‘movement’ that has inspired so many of us to become parent activists. Peppered with jaw-dropping new developmentsincluding depositions from major vaccine science luminariesHandley weaves a compelling narrative and cuts through the noise to make a powerful and convincing case. Read it. Process what he’s telling you. And then stand up and do something about it. The health of generations of children is at stake.”Mark Blaxill, coauthor ofThe Age of Autism, Vaccines, 2.0, and Denial

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Amber-S

10 months ago

ook is seriously a MUST READ. Chalk full of peer-reviewed research in palatable form, parallel to the ridiculous politics, pressure and historial persistence of an industry that needs to put people and our precious children before profits once and for all.
The perils and prevalence of vaccine injury are real and avoidable, with conditions like Autism that countless families have had to unnecessarily endure from environmental toxins being injected without prior genetic screening for vulnerabilities—including the author's own family with his son—just needs to stop before further collateral damage is done.
Just like Big Tobacco hid and stamped out narratives that didn't align with their business objectives (and harnessed the influence of their large advertising budgets with media outlets to steer clear from any real reporting), so too have Big Pharma companies hid, squashed and obstructed true research and reporting with vaccines. The Supreme Court ruled that vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe” in 2016, 30 years after legislation was passed to protect vaccine manufacturers from being sued directly. No other industry benefits from this kind of protection, especially for a product that some try and would mandate for all without full informed consent, and yet the safety studies that were tasked to be done by Health and Human Services when the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34) was put into place have not been done on vaccines in over 30 years. However, in the meantime, nearly $4 BILLION has been awarded in settlements to families from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, even for Autism. Enough is enough!
Read this book to catch up on the most breaking science from around the world and what will be remembered as the largest scandal impacting Americans since the rise and fall of Big Tobacco. Read this book to join those who want the absolute truth to help protect our children, while ending the protection that Pharma plans on, lobbies around, and profits from, at the expense of our loved ones. Demand better policies and full disclosure once and for all, and let's follow J.B. Handley's lead and work to End the Autism Epidemic!

PajerReviews

10 months ago

This is the most important book of my lifetime. Every parent, doctor, elected official, public health offical-- everyone must read it. Autism in the 1970's was 1 in 10,000 (proof in the way of scientific studies are in the book). Now, it's estimated to be about 1 in 38 (also in the book, and per latest CDC data) and still rising. More than half of those with autism are non-verbal and/or low functioning, with health and emotional and developmental issues. A new study shows that only 14% of young adults with autism are able to hold down a job. Something has gone terribly wrong with the health of our children--who are our future.
This book gives undeniable evidence -- from rigorous peer-reviewed studies, sworn testimonies, legal depositions, and shocking data -- that while there are many environmental assaults harming the immunological and neurological development of children today and adding to the autism epidemic, the most comprehensive and universal exposure is to one category. Vaccines. Which are DESIGNED to alter the immune system. In the past decade, it has been learned that autism is related to immune activation at critical stages of neurological development. Not everyone exposed to vaccines develops autism--just like not everyone who smokes gets cancer--there is genetic and current-health-status susceptibility. JB Handley's book reveals the truth about autism, gives hope for healing, and is a call for vaccine policy and industry reform. The opioid crisis is nothing compared to this -- same players -- far more victims.

PJCarroll

10 months ago

17 years ago, my son suffered a devastating vaccine-induced encephalopathy manifesting in permanent brain damage. "Autism" is one of his many resulting diagnoses. I will forever regret that it wasn't until AFTER my son's injury that I began to do the research I should have done before blindly following the CDC's recommended vaccine schedule.
JB Handley, along with thousands of other parents I've met in the past 17 years, had the same experience. In his book "How to End the Autism Epidemic", Handley masterfully spells out the corruption in the U.S. vaccine program that has led to the children's health crisis we are now facing. He destroys the tired, false claim that vaccines don't cause autism. He exposes the layers of lies that pharma and their well-paid lobbyists have spun to craft our current coercive vaccine policy. And he outlines a common-sense plan to stop the runaway train of vaccine injuries.
READ THIS BOOK! And then stand up and fight back. Autism is at 1 in 36 American kids and rising. If we don't stop allowing our children's brains to be destroyed by overvaccination, we will soon have more people needing care in our country than there are providers left to care for them.

AlexandraSimone

8 months ago

WOW!!! I speak from two standpoints. As a mom of twins with SEVERE Autism but also a student in the Public Health field and passionate about environmental health and safety, this book is JAW-DROPPING! ALL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS MUST READ THIS BOOK!
This book contains NEW and VITAL information that covers every nook and cranny there is to discuss regarding the vaccines and Autism connection. What we did not know previously in this debate, we now know and cannot deny that VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM.
As public health officials, we must understand that this is typically how the truth presents itself. According to 19th century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident." We need to understand that it typically takes 20+ years for the research to show what we've known all along...
As public health officials, we know this to be true from history with the fight against the tobacco industry, the fight against DDT poisoning and Rachel Carson's controversial book "Silent Spring", the more recent fight for clean water in the Flint, Michigan lead water crisis, the fight for justice for children in Tom's River developing childhood cancer due to pollution from dumping chemicals into the water, and so on...
As public health officials, we understand corruption can exist in large corporations and in government when it comes to scientific experiments and other atrocities, such as in the Tuskegee study, Nazi human experiments, surgical experiments on slaves, Guatemala syphilis study, Flint Michigan lead water crisis, and so on...
As public health officials, we know that we must honor beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice...
As public health officials, we NEED to read this book and understand that the science was NEVER settled on vaccines and Autism and that the science is now there that proves vaccines can and do cause Autism.
As a mom of twins with Autism, I desperately beg for each one of you to read this book and see for yourself. Jb Handley lays out the information and the science behind the truth about the Autism epidemic so delicately and accurately that this book can be read by anyone and easily be understood. This book needs to be read by every single person who cares for a child because our children are sick, they are suffering, and they need our help.
God bless Jb for selflessly dedicating his time and research to gift us with this information so that we may know better and do better to help our future generations of children.

J_Bishop

9 months ago

Invaluable as a tool to introduce and get up to speed on the topic of autism and vaccines!
Also contains informative portions for those well-versed on the vaccine-autism link, and should be useful in exemplifying the vaccine political and scientific landscape, also what can lie behind the landscape, for anyone planning to vaccinate themselves or a child in the future.

RachelWilliams

8 months ago

The snowball just keeps getting larger as time goes on. Fifteen years ago, I made the best parenting decision ever. I learned as much as I could about each vaccine and the childhood illness that it supposedly protected one from. I didn’t have much to go on then, a Dr. Tenpenny DVD and a few testimonials from friends, but I was confident in my decision. In this day and age, with the mountains of evidence we have, there is no excuse. JB Handley wrote THE book that should be the final nail in the coffin for the vaccine religious community or those on the fence. Imperative information all in one place, it covers history, fraud, corruption, brand new under oath depositions, new science, parent testimonials and so much more. With the current autism rate of 1 in 36 children and the forecasted 1 in 2 by 2025, JB Handley’s immediate action plan is imperative for our future. This is a MUST read. It’s simply irrefutable evidence. We have an epidemic … and now we can prove why.

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